diminutive

Adjective modifier

other: Other diminutives include Ann ( Hannah ), Nelly ( Ellen or Helen ) and Peggy ( Margaret ).

Used with adjective complement

look: You will find thought that these huge looking pools on their racks in the garden centers look quite diminutive once installed in the ground.

Modifies a noun

• stature: He was successful in the entrance exam, only to fail the medical on account of his diminutive stature.
• midfielder: The diminutive midfielder is a fantastic thing to have â a goalscoring one.
• striker: Peter Adeniyi moved in to challenge the diminutive striker, who instantly went to ground.
• size: They had a capacity for hard work far in excess of their diminutive size.
• dimension: The Reference 100 has the same diminutive dimensions as the award winning Pro 50, but includes a few extra muscular implants.
• singer: Like the diminutive singer herself, Kylie Minogue's business empire is small but perfectly formed.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: I made myself a couple of sandwiches with the rather diminutive loaf of bread I'd bought from the shop on the way home.
• so: Can you conceive of a man's getting himself into a sweat over so diminutive a provocation?
• somewhat: Much to her dismay she finds the place predictably conservative and even somewhat diminutive of a woman's role in society.
• very: Occasionally a very diminutive wife and children are thrown in, who did not appear to count for much.
• relatively: The wheel at each corner design maximizes the interior dimensions and allows the Getz to offer generous accommodation despite its relatively diminutive size.
• equally: When Tommy retired, another equally diminutive man named Copley took his place.

Preposition: in

• stature: Andy Robinson and Leon Britton, for example, are quite diminutive in stature, but they're both very good players.
• size: The Toy dogs are small, even diminutive in size.